Legal Opinion
& SC15-1233 Richard Knight v. State of Florida & Richard Knight v. Julie L. Jones, etc.
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided January 31, 2017No. SC14-1775; SC15-1233PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Per curiam
Richard Knight appeals an order of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Court in and for Broward County denying his motion to vacate his sentence of death filed under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.851. Knight also petitions this Court for a writ of habeas corpus. See art. V, § 3(b)(1), (9), Fla. Const. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm the circuit court’s denial of Knight’s rule 3.851 motion and deny his petition for a writ of habeas corpus.
I. STATEMENT OF THE CASE & FACTS
On April 26, 2006, a jury found Richard Knight guilty of two counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of…
2Cases cited53 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Wiggins v. Smith, WardenSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Ring v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
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3Cited by17 opinions
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- Margaret A. Allen v. State of FloridaSupreme Court of Florida · 2019
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